Eighteen supporters of Uganda’s opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi have been released by the military court in Kampala has released on bail. The supporters of Mr Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine were arrested at

Twitter is under siege in two countries that are critical for its global growth plans. The social media giant has been ensnared in a battle with the Indian government for

Two years after local emir Djibril Diallo fled his home in northern Burkina Faso following death threats from Islamist militants, he received an unexpected request: to return and take part

Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has assured citizens that he is well after collapsing while attending a public event. He was presiding over the national defence day on Sunday when “he

States have unveiled strategies to implement the Memorandum of Action (MoA) to ensure financial autonomy for the legislature and judiciary, THISDAY has learnt. The MoA was signed on June 4

Twitter CEO and billionaire co-founder Jack Dorsey, is extremely bullish on the future of bitcoin in Nigeria. He says Nigerians will lead bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value. “The

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian government cannot afford the amount of funding needed to revive the country’s educational system. Buhari also said the competition for funds had become

A renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, has said the current state of the nation presents a democracy with

Violent protests erupted in the streets of Tunisia’s capital again on Saturday night, adding to the pressure on Prime Minister’s Hichem Mechichi’s government to crack down on police abuses. The

Algeria held parliamentary elections on Saturday that the ruling establishment hopes will turn a page on political unrest amid a crackdown on dissent, but even by mid-afternoon few people had

Armed assailants have killed 53 people in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, according to police and local residents, the latest violence to hit the restive region. Many motorcycle-riding gunmen known locally

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration’s has ensured 10.5 million citizens have been brought out of poverty since 2019. The Nigerian leader stated this during a live broadcast to

South Africa has given several diplomats from Lesotho 72 hours to leave the country over the illegal sale of duty-free alcohol. A notice from the South African authorities listed the

Zambia’s constitutional court has cleared President Edgar Lungu to run for another term in office in August’s elections. The opposition was trying for a second time to get him barred